A missing Australian man has been found alive after surviving on wild mushrooms and dam water for three weeks.
Robert Weber, 58, was last seen on January 6, leaving the Kilkivan Hotel Motel in Queensland in his car with his dog.
Search efforts were called off early last week, buthe was discovered by a local politician and his wife on Sunday morning.
Robert Weber was found on a property, almost three weeks since he went missing. Photo / QPS
Police reported that Weber was safe and well, despite "suffering exposure to the elements". He had become disorientated in the heat, but managed to stay close to a dam.
"He left on foot and became lost and remained at a dam where he survived by sleeping on the ground, drinking dam water and eating mushrooms," Queensland police said.
Weber ran into trouble when his white Ford Falcon became bogged down on an unfamiliar road. Weber waited in his car for three days, but was forced to abandon the vehicle when water ran out.
The car was found by search and rescue teams on January 17, but Weber and his dog had long since moved on.
Weber was discovered 3km away from his vehicle by the local MP for Gympie Tony Perrett and his wife, who told the Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC): "We'd been past this dam on numerous occasions over the last week and when we saw him there it was just quite extraordinary."
